The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will be operating six low-floor, air-conditioned buses on the new route. The KSRTC, on March 27, introduced six Volvo buses on the Manipal-Udupi-Mangalore route.

Schedules

The trips from Manipal to Kasaragod will start at 9.15 a.m., 1.45 p.m. and 4.15 p.m. while trips from Kasaragod to Manipal will be at 8.15 a.m. 1.50 p.m. and 5.30 p.m.

There will be a Volvo bus every 30 minutes between Mangalore and Manipal. The Manipal-Kasaragod bus will stop at Udupi, Kaup, Padubidri, Mulki, Surathkal, Mangalore, Thokkottu, Manjeshwar, Hosangady, Uppala, Bandyodu and Kumble.

At the launch function, Mr. Ashok said that a modern KSRTC bus-stand would be constructed on 3.5 acres of land at Bannanje in Udupi. The Regional Transport Office would be constructed on 2.3 acres of land at Manipal at a cost of Rs. 3.5 crore. A driving track would be laid here at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh. The KSRTC had secured the National Award for Excellence and other awards for quality of service, he said.